Ku ois miulla niinku muilla
In the SKVR edition: Metsäpirtti. Neovius 685. 6/4 89. Matti Sutelainen. Synt. v. 1840.
SKVR textEnglish
1Ku ois miulla niinku muilla,If I had like others,
2niin ku muilla ihmisillä;as with other people;
3koto muilla kuolasuilla,Homes for others on kuola-grounds,
4maja maito-kulkkuloilla,huts on milk-ridge slopes,
5miull ei kurjall kottii,I, the wretched, have no home,
6katalall ei kartanuoo.the sly one has no manor.
7Ken on suolta suoja soaantu,Whoever gained shelter from the swamp,
8maja marja-kankahalta,a hut from the berry-moor,
9se on suur suojaltaasen,they are a great shelter-bear,
10majaltaasen marja-karhu.a berry-bear from their hut.
English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.
The text is that of the SKVR digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), with these changes:
- The edition’s line numbers are replaced by a number on every verse, counted as in the poem reader.
Source
Text: SKVR (Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot), the digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-073749 · Read at SKS ↗
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